# @denverpost on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZS9ncUFd0X
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-07T19:24:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Denver Post (@denverpost) — https://gondola.cc/denverpost

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A quick recap of Lea Gentry’s impressive resume: Star soccer player signed to Oregon State. All-state flag football player. A 4.98 GPA and an extensive list of community service. That complete package is why the Vikings’ centerpiece is the winner of The Denver Post’s inaugural April Heinrichs Award for the top senior girls soccer player, scholar and citizen in Colorado.

Denver North principal German Echevarría calls Gentry “a complete game-changer in how North athletics is viewed” amid a historic run for the Vikings’ girls soccer program.

With Gentry as a four-year varsity starter and two-year captain, Denver North made the playoffs every season. That included the Class 4A semifinals in Gentry’s sophomore season, winning the program’s first league title in her junior season as the program moved up classifications and returning to the postseason, again in Class 5A, this spring.

Over that span, the winger tallied 15 goals, five assists and 35 points in ’26 to finish her career with 34 goals, 32 assists and 100 points. She was the focus of every opponent’s scouting report since breaking out with 10 goals as a freshman in 2023, with teams often man-marking her for the entire match in an attempt to limit her effectiveness.

Read our full story at the link in our bio.

📝: Kyle Newman, The Denver Post
📷: Timothy Hurst, The Denver Post // tim_hurst_pix

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